The Coral Gables Times

SIGN IN FRONT OF THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN

Parking Meter Situation When in Coral Gables Do as Romans Do

By RAYMOND LANG Times Reporter Two Coral Gables merchants whose shops are next to each other on Valencia Ave. have their own ideas on how to cope with parking meter tickets. Bob Fleming, manager of The Barefoot Mailman, 234 Valencia, put up a sign outside his shop which asked entering customers to be sure they've plunked enough money in their meters. And Melvin Flanagan, owner of the Coral Gables Lock and Key Shop, 228 Valencia Ave., has a suggestion he picked up while vacationing in Rome last fall. "We were having so many complaints from customers," Fleming said, telling why the sign went up two weeks ago. "They forgot the time, put a penny in . . . go out and— Cripes!—they've got a ticket." Fleming, remarking that Gables stores must compete with shopping centers, said, "This is a real tough problem. "And I don't know what the answer is but we should look for the answer." Fleming said his customers still don't put enough money in the meters and wind up with a ticket, despite his sign. Fleming suggested a 'courtesy' warning be given the violator if his car bears an out-of-town license plate. Flanagan had first-hand experience with this in Rome. Flanagan had parked in an area in which only one-hour parking was allowed. He parked well beyond the time-limit. When Flanagan came back, he did not have a ticket. Tucked under the windshield was a form letter from the mayor of Rome. Printed in English, French, German and Spanish, the letter welcomed all tourists to Rome, wished them a safe journey and explained that Rome understood the over-time parking violation was not intended. "It certainly did give us a very good feeling" Flanagan said, "and we made sure we didn't violate the law again."

Owners in Sunrise Think City Should Set Up New Dept.

(Editorial on Page 4) By MAURICE LABELLE Times Reporter Sunrise Harbour Association came up with a positive and negative attack on zoning problems in that area Tuesday. The association asked the City to set up a permanent planning department which would conduct area-wide studies of various problems. It would be staffed by an expert or experts in this field who would advise the City on various matters. The City has a Planning Board now made up of civic-minded citizens who recommend certain courses of action to the City, but their role has been limited to isolated areas in the past. And the association also agreed to get themselves a lawyer to block the two-story, 28-unit apartment building for Sunrise Harbour approved by the City Commission three weeks ago on an emergency ordinance. What the "outside" lawyer will do to keep Gerald Schainuck from building his apartment on lots 6 and 7, Block 2, will be left up to him, said Mel Frumkes, president of the association. Clifford Gould, former president, offered to purchase the land from Schainuck, but apparently got no response. The storm at Sunrise Harbour came up when Schainuck went to the Zoning Department, failed to get a permit, was turned down by the Zoning Board, but succeeded in convincing the City Commission that three resolutions passed by a previous City Commission controlling the number of apartment units had run out and did not apply. Commissioners passed an emergency ordinance which cut Schainuck from 30 to 28 units, but still 16 more than the 12 units permitted previously. Sunrise residents complained that this amounted to a zoning change and they should have been notified. Meanwhile, other members have raised a question over the boat launching ramp at the end of Edgewater Drive. Developer Emil Gould said Tuesday that the ramp was dedicated for the use of non-waterfront property owners at Sunrise Harbour and is permitted on a year to year basis by the City. The dedication has a reverter on it, however, Gould said, which would give the land back to San Souci Co. if the City should balk at continuing the permit. The ramp property is zoned for apartments. Other conditions imposed by Gould is that the area must not be used for parking, repair or storage of boats. The company has been paying the small $50 a year tax on the property, Gould said. But this will eventually pass on to residents having no waterfront property.

First Issue Has Many Authors

(Continued from page 1) gar Hoover; reprint of a cartoon from the Miami News and letter to the editor of The Herald; various fillers. But the highlight of the paper is a letter from Hoover and an "FBI Warning Chart" which is a warning by that government agency about peaceful co-existence, outlawing of all nuclear weapons, disarmament, non-intervention, admission of Red China to the U.N., reunification of Germany, anti-anti-communism, exchanges with the Soviet satellites and federal intervention to guarantee civil rights to Negroes.

CG Sunrise Service

The 12th Annual Easter Sunrise Services sponsored by the Coral Gables Ministerial Association and the Southwest YMCA will be held on the East Lawn of City Hall at 5:32 a.m. A group of tableaux will be presented along with narration and music. (A tableau is a silent representation with people taking the appropriate positions to depict a scene or event.) Rev. Luther M. Cole will be the general chairman and Dr. Fred Cole (no relation) will preside over the gathering. Rev. W. L. Joyner will give a sermon entitled "It Can Happen Here."

Gables Youth Publishes a Conservative Paper

(Continued from page 1) happens to the papers after they are bought, he said. Some of these people approached him and asked him to abandon the conservative journal he said. But they advanced other reasons: —His marks would suffer. —He could spend his time on more worthwhile projects. But the bug had bitten and his marks already suffered. Launching a rocket "half way to Key Biscayne," painting, and doing "just about everything," did not compare with the newest adventure: Crusading journalism, fighting communism, promoting conservatism. Hancock, came here six years ago from Indiana. He got interested in anti-communism through a friend, Mrs. John B. Stadler, 3272 Riviera Dr. Mrs. Stadler, the wife of a local insurance man and real estate, paid Hancock's way to the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade here in Miami last summer. "She pushed me all the way through," he said gratefully. After hearing from such men as Australian Dr. Fred Schwartz, Herbert A. Philbrick (I Led Three Lives"), William Strube and other leading anti-Communists, Hancock swore to oppose comunism. "I thought I would do what I could to fight communism and learn more about it. "I spent my whole summer studying communism," said Hancock. He says: "President Kennedy is an anti-anti-Communist" . . . He's obviously against the right wing extremeists." "The NAACP is Communist-controlled." The crusade, he said, has nothing to do with political parties, it embraces both sides of the aisle. But studying anti-communism and translating knowledge into action is another matter. First he helped lead anti-Communist study groups. However, it took a University of Miami instructor in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Robert L. Crews, to help give birth to the publication "The Young American View." Crews, active in the Young Americans for Freedom movement — a group organized to capture youth for the conservative movement — provided Hancock with the added impetus, but more important, the money, to launch him on a publishing career. "The reaction in the Gables and all over the city has been tremendous," said Hancock. "People call me, ask what they can do." This is what he tells them: "The only way to fight communism is for everybody in the world to know what it is." If everyone knew what it is, said Hancock, they'd reject it. But Hancock admitted that all his calls have not been in support of his views. The right wing, extremist label has been pinned on him as it has on all anti-Communists, he said, but he doesn't mind. "I don't know exactly what a right wing extremist is . . . You can't even define what a Communist is . . ." said Hancock. Will this be just another lark — a rocket that will fizzle out half way to Key Biscayne? No, said Hancock. Under-achievement in school nor criticism will deter him from a probable career in journalism and anti-communism. His mother, a widow and legal secretary for Sen. George Smathers' law firm, is not enthusiastic about what he is doing, but she approves, the young crusader said. The next issue of "The Young American View" is scheduled for May.